As the Castaic High School project takes shape and excitement builds in anticipation of the highly anticipated school’s debut in the fall of 2019, the project’s leaders are increasing community engagement efforts to answer community members’ questions about the project and give residents a preview of what the state-of-the-art campus will offer.

“The anticipation is building. It’s an exciting time for Castaic High School and the community it will serve,” said Project Manager Randy Wrage of Romero Canyon LLC. “To the casual observer, the project has now moved from ‘concept’ to something tangible, because the structures are taking shape on the project site.”

With that in mind, the Castaic High School Project website is embarking on a series of articles and commentaries to provide insight into the project, its history, current information updates and previews of what the school will offer when it opens. These efforts will work in conjunction with community events geared toward connecting the community to the new school before its opening.

The $126.2 million project, being built on a 200-acre site at the intersection of Valley Creek Road and Canyon Hill Road (both of which are new roads built as part of this project), is scheduled to open to ninth graders in August 2019 and add a new freshman class each year until the 58-acre campus is fully populated with grades 9 through 12.

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The Castaic High School Project’s articles and commentaries will explore the new school’s facilities and offerings, including a planned partnership with College of the Canyons to create an on-campus academy, similar to COC’s Academy of the Canyons, where students could simultaneously attend high school and earn college credits.

“We’re incredibly grateful for the leadership of the William S. Hart Union High School District in making this new campus a true gem for the community,” Wrage said. “There’s a great deal of planning and effort going into this school and the programs it will offer to serve the community.”

The Castaic High School Project’s first commentary takes a look back at the role the Hart District’s leadership played in bringing the project from concept to reality. That commentary can be found here.

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